The European Union’s executive said on Tuesday that Turkey’s bid to join the bloc had “come to a standstill” amid serious democratic shortfalls, in its most critical annual report since… Read more »
The US is the sole democratic superpower, writes FT analyst Martin Wolf. Its ongoing political transformation has deep implications for liberal democracies everywhere, as well as for the world’s ability… Read more »
…. is the theme of this year’s Forum 2000. The 25th Forum 2000 Conference on the theme of What Now? Building Back Democratically will take place on October 10-12, 2021, focusing principally on the following themes:… Read more »
Participants will aim to make democracies more responsive & resilient, & to build a broader community of partners committed to global democratic renewal. https://t.co/QXS5IofYoS — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) August 11,… Read more »
For the United States to remain a credible leader of the free world, the world must see that American democracy, which today looks neither efficient nor stable, is once again… Read more »
A country’s soft power comes primarily from three sources: its culture (when it is attractive to others), its political values such as democracy and human rights (when it lives up… Read more »
Current approaches to democratic renewal fall short in addressing widespread disconnection. Most reform initiatives are procedural or institutional, focused on changing formal rules, such as electoral systems, or coupling new… Read more »
U.S. foreign policy needs to return to its past focus on human rights, democracy, and the rule of law, says a prominent analyst. This does not mean imposing American values… Read more »
It is during a moment of democratic regression that opportunities for renewal and resilience become both evident and imperative. Around the world, COVID-19 has tested democracies and accelerated trends toward… Read more »
Extreme intolerance has replaced the liberal notion of negotiated compromise that is the sine qua non of democracy, argues Andrew A. Michta, dean of the College of International and… Read more »